Soccer Teams In England

Soccer in England is organized into four professional leagues at the apex of a pyramid of semi-professional and amateur leagues. There are 92 professional teams and innumerable semi-pro and amateur sides. The four professional leagues comprise the Premier League (20 teams), The Championship, League One and League Two (24 teams each). Below League Two, the Conference league provides a stepping-stone for semi-pro sides to gain promotion to the professional leagues.

English soccer teams typically call themselves a "football club" (F.C.).

Premier League teams[edit]

• Arsenal F.C.

• Bournemouth A.F.C.

• Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

• Burnley F.C.

• Chelsea F.C.

• Crystal Palace F.C.

• Everton F.C.

• Huddersfield Town A.F.C.

• Leicester City F.C.

• Liverpool F.C.

• Manchester City F.C.

• Manchester United F.C.

• Newcastle United F.C.

• Southampton F.C.

• Stoke City F.C.

• Swansea City A.F.C.

• Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

• Watford F.C.

• West Bromwich Albion F.C.

• West Ham United F.C.

Championship teams[edit]

• Aston Villa F.C.

• Barnsley FC

• Birmingham City F.C.

• Bolton Wanderers F.C.

• Brentford F.C.

• Bristol City FC

• Burton Albion F.C.

• Cardiff City FC

• Derby County F.C.

• Fulham F.C.

• Hull City A.F.C

• Ipswich Town FC

• Leeds United F.C.

• Middlesbrough F.C.

• Millwall FC

• Norwich City FC

• Nottingham Forest F.C.

• Preston North End FC One of the founder members of the League.

• Queens Park Rangers FC

• Reading F.C.

• Sheffield United FC

• Sheffield Wednesday FC

• Sunderland A.F.C.

• Wolverhampton Wanderers FC One of the founder members of the League.

League One teams[edit]

• Blackburn Rovers F.C.

• Blackpool FC

• Bradford City A.F.C.

• Bristol Rovers FC

• Bury F.C.

• Charlton Athletic FC

• Doncaster Rovers FC

• Fleetwood Town F.C.

• Gillingham F.C.

• Milton Keynes Dons F.C.

• Northampton Town FC

• Oldham Athletic FC

• Oxford United F.C.

• Peterborough United FC

• Plymouth Argyle FC

• Portsmouth F.C.

• Rochdale A.F.C.

• Rotherham United F.C.

• Scunthorpe United FC

• Shrewsbury Town F.C.

• Southend United F.C.

• Walsall F.C.

• Wigan Athletic F.C.

• Wimbledon A.F.C.

League Two teams[edit]

References[edit]

Further information[edit]

• The Football League: http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/Home/0,,10794,00.html